Valve



J. E. ELMS VALVE Filed June 29, 1931 June 20, 1933.

gwomtoo Jab/2 [2' 4702/ Patented June 20, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE some 3. ms, OF TEXAS, ASSIGNOB 1'0 AIBTHUB B. THOIASSON, 01 DALLAS,

- TEXAS VAL . Application fled June 89,

This invention relates to new and useful im rovements in valves.

ne object of the invention is to provide a valve having an im roved form of valve 5 seat packing makin or more perfect seating and longevity o the parts. i

A particular object of the invention is toprovide an improved packing ring or insert aving its workin surface lying substan o. tially flush with t e upper surface of the valve seat so that the impact resultin from the closing of the valve is sustained y the seat rather than by the ring, thus preventing injur to the ring and preventing leaking. A urther object of the invention is to provide a packing ring having its outer perlphery shaped and so exposed to the fluid pressure as to seal against the valve and the valve seat when subjected to such pressure, thus providing an 'eflicient packing and preventing the passage of fluids.

Another object 'of the invention is to provide a packing ring of such material and construction as to prevent obstructions embedding themselves therein, as well as providing a positive cutofi and thus eliminating excessive wear or channelling of the valve seat by leaking fluids.

A further object of the invention is to proso vide a packing ring having a circumferential groove in its outer periphery so as to expose the upper and lower lip portions to the pres.-

sure of the. fluid, whereby. said portions are forced against the seat and the underside of. the valve, thusproducing an efl'ectual seal.

An importantobject of the invention is to provide a packing ring with a peripheral groove and of sui'ficient diameter to overhang its seat, whereby the fluid pressure in the grooves will displace the lower lip of the ring and cause it to bend downwardly over the'outer edge of the seat, thus providing a more efiectual seal. Y A construction designed to carry out the invention will be hereinafter described .to-'

getherivv ith other features of the invention.

The inflmiian will be more readily understood from a reading of the followingspecification and by reference to the accompanying 1981. Serial No. 547,600.

the packing ring and a portion of the valve seat, and

Figure 5 is a sectional view of a modified form of the invention. 1

This ap lication is filed asa continuation in part 0 my co-pendin application filed January 17, 1930, Serial 01 421,539. In the drawing the numeral 10 designates an annular valve seat spide having a central guide collar 11 and radi 1 arms 12. The

which is fitted snugly in the a erture 14 of the fluid pressure chambers 15 The up r surfaces'of the arms 12, apron 13 and co ar 11 are dished to form an individually. inclined valve seat 15 which is ground and accurately finished to receive the conical surface of an annular valve 17. The valve seat and the under surface of the valve are so finished as to form a fluid-tight seat when the valve is closed, thus preventing the passage of fluids therebetween. v

The valve has a depending cylindrical ide 18 having a sliding fit in the collar 11. cylindrical stem 19 extends upwardly from the center of the valve and engages in a guide collar 20 in the chamber 15'. A coiled sprin spider also includes an annular apron 13..

21 surroundingthe collar 20 bears on top 0 the valve and acts to seat the latter.

One of the important features of the invention resides in an annular packing ring 22 which rests upon a horizontal shoulder 23 provided in the rim of the apron. The apron has an annular, upright wall 24 extending fromthe inner ed e of the shoulder to the inclined seat 15. '5 wall has an annular concaved groove 25 about mid-height and the ring 22 is'formed with anannular head 26 on its inner periphery. The nner flat periphery of the ring engages the wall while the bead enfiilages in the groove. By this arseal. Moreover, the ring will wear well and rangement t dis lacement.

he packing 22 is ber, rubber compoun e ring is held against upward referably made of rubg or other material suitable for the purpose. The advantage of usin such material is that its tensilestrength an resilienc will prevent small bits of gravel, sand an other obstructions embedding themselves therein and thus holding the valve open.

Theup r surface or face 27 of the ring is incline at the same angle as the valve seat 15 and is substantially flush therewith so as to contact with the surface 16 of the valve contiguous to the annular edge of the latter.

The outer periphery of the packing ring is provided with a V-shaped groove 28 which provides an annular lip 29 at the up r edge of the ring and an annular lip 30 at t e lower edge of said ring. It'will be noted that the groove 28 is V-shaped in cross-section. This provides pressure surfaces which diver ressure a inst the upper surface of t e groove ten s to force t 1e upper lip W into contact with the undersurface 16 of the valve; while fluid pressure a ainst the lower surface of the 've ten s to force the lip 30 down onto ti eghoulder 23. These opposite pressures act to seal the ring against the seat and the valve when the valve is seated.

The ring is given an outer diameter slightly greater than that of the apron 13 so that its lip 30 will overhang the outer ed e of the shou der 23. As the bottom incline surface of the cove 28 presents a greater area than the un erside ofthe exposed portion of the lip 30, the pressure will cause said lip to bend or distort downwardly over said edge and thus form a more effectual seal between the ring and the shoulder. This is a very important feature.

It is pointed out that when the valve 17 is closed its surface 16 is sustained by the valve seat 15 which also carries theimpact of the closing action. The packing ring 22 is thus not subjected to pounding or in ury by the closing of the valve, which would occur if the ring protruded above said seat. 1

In Figure 5 I have shown a modified form in which the ring 22 has a peripheral groove 28?. This groove is V-shaped in cross-section and the upper and lower surfaces extend to the extreme outer upper and lower edges of the ring, thus forming very flexible upper and lower lips 29' and 30. This form .depends upon the divergent fluid pressures to seal the lips against the valve and the seat.

It will be noted that in each of the modifications' shown the minimum thickness of the ring from theinner diameter of the groove to the diameter of the inner periphery of the ring is not less than the depth of the groove. In this manner suflicient body is afforded the ring in order to-insure a proper will not cut out, as would be the case if a ring without suflicient body were employed.

Having illustrated and described preferred forms of the invention, what I claim, is:

1. In a device of the character described, a valve, a valve seat having an inclined surface, a packing ring disposed between the valve and the valve seat and having a groove in its outer periphery and an annular projection on its inner peri hery, one of the surfaces of the ring norma l inclining downwardly from the outer periphery to the innetperiphery at the same angle as the valve seat.

'2. A resilient packing ring for valves having an annular groovev 1n its outer periphery ring having its upper surface inc1ined,'and an annular retaining bead on the inner riphery of said rin the thickness of t e ring from the inner iameter of the groove to the inner peripherv of the ring being not substantially less than the depth of the groove.

3. The combination with a valve seat having an annular peripheral recess, of a resiliplacement therefrom.

forming upper and lower flexible lips, said 5. In a device of the character described,

a valve, a valve seat, a resilient packing ring disposed between the valve and valve seat having a groove in its outer periphery V- shaped in cross-section, whereby sald ring is provided with upper and lower annular sealing lips, the minimum thickness of the ring being not substantially less than the depth of the groove. 6; A device as set forth in claim 5, and an annular bead on the inner periphery of the ring.

7. In a device of the character described, a valve seat having an annular shoulder and an upright wall rising from the shoulder, the seat having an inclined valve receiving surface above the wall, an elastic packing ring resting on said shoulder and secured to said wall, the upper surface of the ring normally conforming to the inclined surface of the seat and inclined at the same angle, the outer periphery of the ring having an annular groove providing upper and lower flexible ips. 1

-8. A device as set forth in claim 7, with the lower lip of the ring overhanging the edge of the shoulder.

9. A device as set forth in claim 7, in-jwhich the ring has a bead and the wall has a groove receiving the bead which constitutes the means for securing the ring to the wall.

10. In a device of the character described, a valve, avalve seat, a resilient packing ring disposed between the valve and valve seat having an annular groove in its outer pe-,

riphery, the margins of which form upper and lower flexible lips; the upper surface of the ring being inclined downwardly from the upper lip, and the minimum thickness of the ring bein not substantially depth of t e groove.

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